Its a very very deep draft too. I would be very loathe to part with our first and would much rather try to pick up another.

Deep draft... and a number of teams that would be buyers -- looking for more scoring, perhaps interested in a JvR -- have a forwards on Pronman's top 50 prospects list. Getting one of Kyrou (STL), Bean (CAR), Necas (CAR), Tolvanen (NSH), Kaprizov (MIN), etc. into the system might help replace JvR and Marleau in a few years...

Its a very very deep draft too. I would be very loathe to part with our first and would much rather try to pick up another.

Deep draft... and a number of teams that would be buyers -- looking for more scoring, perhaps interested in a JvR -- have a forwards on Pronman's top 50 prospects list. Getting one of Kyrou (STL), Bean (CAR), Necas (CAR), Tolvanen (NSH), Kaprizov (MIN), etc. into the system might help replace JvR and Marleau in a few years...

I like NSH and MIN as potential trade partners as they're always looking for high end scoring and generally have defensively reliable options.

Edit: Snow said he won't be trading Tavares or his 2 1sts for rentals.a) Unless it's Benning, no one believes what GMs say out loud to the pressb) NYI gets to turn a broken Kulemin into a scoring threat in JvR and gets back a fan favourite in Martin in a make or break season with their franchise centre for the price of a high pick or prospect

@67sound@The Athletic Id add a third option: sell and buy. Move out Komarov, Bozak, Polak, Martin, Sosh, hell even Hainsey or JVR. Then go all in for a McDonagh/OEL type and maybe someone like Plekanec. A bit like @JeffVeillettes extremist approach.

@67soundYoull have to pay a bit in prospects/picks to make those upgrades and there are a lot of moving parts but you add by addition and subtraction.

@67sound@The Athletic Id add a third option: sell and buy. Move out Komarov, Bozak, Polak, Martin, Sosh, hell even Hainsey or JVR. Then go all in for a McDonagh/OEL type and maybe someone like Plekanec. A bit like @JeffVeillettes extremist approach.

@67soundYoull have to pay a bit in prospects/picks to make those upgrades and there are a lot of moving parts but you add by addition and subtraction.

@67sound@The Athletic Id add a third option: sell and buy. Move out Komarov, Bozak, Polak, Martin, Sosh, hell even Hainsey or JVR. Then go all in for a McDonagh/OEL type and maybe someone like Plekanec. A bit like @JeffVeillettes extremist approach.

@67soundYoull have to pay a bit in prospects/picks to make those upgrades and there are a lot of moving parts but you add by addition and subtraction.

That would be so fun

#CavsMode

It would destroy the dressing room and probably thereby ruin any chances for playoff success this year, but it would be interesting in terms of pixel generation on this board and Across the Universe.

@67sound@The Athletic Id add a third option: sell and buy. Move out Komarov, Bozak, Polak, Martin, Sosh, hell even Hainsey or JVR. Then go all in for a McDonagh/OEL type and maybe someone like Plekanec. A bit like @JeffVeillettes extremist approach.

@67soundYoull have to pay a bit in prospects/picks to make those upgrades and there are a lot of moving parts but you add by addition and subtraction.

That would be so fun

#CavsMode

It would destroy the dressing room and probably thereby ruin any chances for playoff success this year, but it would be interesting in terms of pixel generation on this board and Across the Universe.

There would be an adjustment, but if you bring in real quality that makes the team more talented I think the room would adapt. Players love playing on a good team. The names suggested have been in the League long enough that playing a Babcock style would not be totally foreign to them, allowing them to have on ice success potentially quickly.

If you can move out all the expiring UFA's and fringe pieces and turn that return into one or two real impact players that would be pretty amazing. It's all wishful thinking, but fun nonetheless.

You could create a hole for a guy like Johnsson to step into, he's really ready.

Johnsson-Aaltonen-Kapanen was the best line in the AHL by a distance.

I feel like this could be an opportunity to do what Tampa did a few years ago and begin flooding the team with excelling AHL prospects.

You could create a hole for a guy like Johnsson to step into, he's really ready.

Johnsson-Aaltonen-Kapanen was the best line in the AHL by a distance.

I feel like this could be an opportunity to do what Tampa did a few years ago and begin flooding the team with excelling AHL prospects.

This would be great. Tampa had the benefit of their AHL coach behind the NHL bench at that time, so the trust was already there and they got the leash to augment the core. Babcock claims to not know what the Marlies are like and wants them to break through the veteran stopgaps to earn the spots when those chances come up. I don't think we'll get to see the trade deadline roster gifts the way we saw in the Tank season anytime soon.